Posted on 11/29/2021 6:42:33 PM PST by TigerClaws
The Salvation Army has withdrawn its controversial "Let's Talk About ... Racism" guide following criticism and donor backlash over the text that asked white supporters of the charity group to deliver "sincere" apologies for their race and the past sins of the Church.
As a result of some of the guide's more extreme positions becoming public, donors and supporters across the country have been rescinding their support of the organization.
In a statement titled "The Salvation Army's Response to False Claims on the Topic of Racism," the 156-year-old organization denies that the purpose of the guide or subsequent discussions revolving around the guide were meant to tell anyone "how to think." However, the group has also opted to withdraw the guide for "appropriate review."
The group is perhaps best known for collecting coins and paper money in red kettles outside of stores during the Christmas holiday season with a member ringing a bell.
The statement, in part, also reads: "The Salvation Army occasionally publishes internal study guides on various complex topics to help foster positive conversations and grace-filled reflection among Salvationists. By openly discussing these issues, we always hope to encourage the development of a more thoughtful organization that is better positioned to support those in need. But no one is being told how to think. Period."
A few paragraphs later, it continues: "We have done our best to provide accurate information, but unfortunately, some have chosen to ignore those efforts. At the same time, International Headquarters realized that certain aspects of the guide may need to be clarified.
"Consequently, for both reasons, the International Social Justice Commission has now withdrawn the guide for appropriate review."
Most creative.
Thank you
Hard to h ring that bell.
Unring
Not original with me...like many things on FR taken shamelessly from another FReeper—Yo-Yo.
WINNER AND NEW CHAMPEEN!
I’ve been giving my kids and grandkids dollars to put in the pot since 1978. Not another dime.
It’s too late to change your view..for you and Goodwill.
They got caught. Now they are lying about it. The fact that they have an “International Social Justice Commission” tells you all you need to know. I hope they go bankrupt.
What "appropriate review"? These are racist fascists and will find themselves faultless, and dismiss the objectors as White Supremacists. Watch it happen.
The Salvation Army’s mission has nothing to do with discussing racism. Every employee or volunteer who had a part in this stupid idea must be terminated. Even then, support that left will probably never return.
Yellow post-it notes..”Go Woke Go Broke”. Kettle in front of Walmart, 20 something’s asked me for donation, just said “Go Woke Go Broke” the look of confusion and indignation was priceless.
I agree but will support my church and Fischer House!
I am deeply disappointed in the Salvation Army. I feel betrayed. I don’t donate to organizations which betray me.
Excellent but I’m going to stick with the handful of folded “Get woke go broke” notes I have prepared and sitting in my car.
Any organization that hires a diversity, equity, and inclusion officer is going to act like this.
The fact that there IS a Social Justice Commission proves that nothing has or will be fixed.
Another denomination goes completely frigging ghey.
I was under the impression they were ok.
And you know that he needed heart surgery after a bad reaction to the jab, right?
I already plan to do that. Starting this weekend.
"How to get me back:
"1. Terminate anyone who had anything to do with
drafting, editing, and publishing the racist "Let's Talk
About ... Racism guide.
"2. Abolish and Terminate all members of the "Int'l Social
Justice Commission. Do not replace it.
"3. Publicize your acknowledgement of the INjustice that
the Commission and the guide represent.
"I am not alone."
Make sure that last bit is true, please.
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